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Manti Te'o tells ESPN he lied to his father about meeting fake girlfriend

Associated Press

Posted:
01/18/2013 10:41:04 PM MST

Updated:
01/18/2013 11:49:14 PM MST

NEW YORK -- Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o tells ESPN that the person who created the fake online girlfriend has apologized to him for the hoax.

In an off-camera interview with ESPN, Te'o said Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, a 22-year-old who lives in California, contacted him two days ago and confessed to the prank. Deadspin.com first exposed the hoax on Wednesday and indicated Tuiasosopo as involved in it.

Te'o said he first met Tuiasosopo in person after the Southern California game in November,

Te'o insisted he was never involved in creating the dead girlfriend hoax, but that he lied to his father about meeting the woman called Lennay Kekua face-to-face.

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